NARP
Congressional Testimony

APPENDIX V

WORLD MAINLINE RAIL CAPITAL SPENDING PER CAPITA

Selected countries, U.S. dollars, 1994, spending by central governments and/or public sector railways. Does not include private sector spending, which is more important in the U.S. and Canada than elsewhere. Click here to skip down to the U.S. on this list.

Sources -- International Railway Journal, NARP

Switzerland228.29
Sweden146.55
Austria132.03
Germany110.84
Netherlands84.97
Denmark79.97
Norway58.27
Finland51.85
France51.48
Portugal40.34
South Korea31.36
Belarus25.96
Greece24.23
Hungary24.19
Botswana22.65
Ireland18.38
Britain13.74
Slovakia13.61
New Zealand6.23
Latvia5.93
Belgium4.89
Bulgaria4.62
Venezuela4.20
Indonesia4.00
Iran4.00
Namibia3.71
South Africa3.58
Colombia3.38
Mexico3.24
Myanmar2.53
India2.27
Thailand2.07
Guinea1.80
Bolivia1.75
United States1.64
Turkey1.43
Canada1.16
Malawi1.02
Romania0.88
Zimbabwe0.88
Albania0.45
Bangladesh0.45
Pakistan0.30
Phillipines0.29

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